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NIST SP 800-85A-4

PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP 800-73-4 Compliance)

Date Published: April 2016

Supersedes: SP 800-85A-2 (07/28/2010)

Author(s)

David Cooper (NIST), Hildegard Ferraiolo (NIST), Ramaswamy Chandramouli (NIST), Jason Mohler (Electrosoft Services)

Abstract

Keywords

application programming interface (API); authentication; card command interface; derived test requirements (DTR); FIPS 201; identity credential; middleware; Personal Identity Verification (PIV); smart cards; test assertions
Control Families

Assessment, Authorization and Monitoring; System and Services Acquisition; System and Information Integrity

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-85A-4
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Supplemental Material:
None available

Publication Parts:
SP 800-85B

Related NIST Publications:
FIPS 201-3
SP 800-85B-4 (Draft)
SP 800-73-4

Document History:
04/13/16: SP 800-85A-4 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

acquisition, Personal Identity Verification

Technologies

smart cards

Laws and Regulations

Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12